"More than plums, the product is between bamboos." What do you mean?

The epigram couplet of Huang Yi, a seal engraver in Qing Dynasty. In the eyes of our people, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are symbols of elegance, purity, loyalty and integrity. They are called the four gentlemen in flowers and have always been respected and praised by people. Songzhumei also has the reputation of "three friends in cold years". Wang Mian Yongmei, a poet of the Yuan Dynasty, said: "This body is in a forest of ice and snow, and different peaches and plums are mixed with fragrant dust;" Suddenly a Ye Xiang, scattered for Wan Li dry spring "("bridled "). This is the plum blossom spirit. The first couplet uses plum as a metaphor to motivate itself to have the detached style of plum blossom, such as "resisting wind and rain", "not striving for spring" and "smelling like old"

Bamboo, although not as rich as peony, as majestic as pine and cypress, as enchanting as peaches and plums, is strong and indomitable. It is not afraid of the heat in summer, unyielding frost and snow in winter, living in poverty, and then resurrecting. Moreover, "a guilty conscience is different from grass, and strength is greater than wood" (Song Zhuzhi Ci) is regarded as the embodiment of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. In the second part, the author uses bamboo as a metaphor to warn himself to have the dignity and chastity of bamboo. "Beauty lies in plum cold, thinness lies in bamboo and longevity" (Yue). The author has a special liking for Mei Zhu, and endows it with profound connotation, which shows that the author's spiritual realm is high.